Narcotics Raiders Discover $3.5 Million Worth of Raw Heroin in Brooklyn Tenement
Jan. 18, 1962 - Raw heroin estimated to be worth $3,500,000 in the illicit market was found in the ceiling of a Brooklyn tenement today...
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- Jan 11, 2022
"Capeman" Salvatore Agron Set to Be Executed Feb. 15
Jan. 11, 1962 - The New York Court of Appeals today set Feb. 15 for the execution of Salvatore Agron, 18 years old, for the playground...
- Jan 6, 2022
In Georgia, a 15-year-old Negro boy, Preston Cobb Jr., Faces Death Sentence
Jan. 6, 1962 - In Georgia’s Reidsville Prison, a 15-year-old Negro boy, Preston Cobb Jr., is under sentence of death for killing a...
- Jan 5, 2022
Three Brooklyn Racketeers for Consorting with Themselves
Jan. 5, 1962 - Three Brooklyn hoodlums learned today that they were their own worst enemies. They were arrested for consorting with known...
- Dec 21, 2021
Gangster "Crazy" Joe Gallo Gets 7 to 14 Years
Dec. 21, 1961 - Joseph Gallo, a 32-year-old gangland figure, was sentenced today to serve 7 to 14 years in prison on his conviction for...
- Dec 13, 2021
TV: Tonight on "Naked City"
Dec. 13, 1961 - Tonight on “Naked City,” George Bick (Mickey Rooney, pictured) is a 40-year-old who never grew up. Fed up with his...
- Dec 8, 2021
Narcotics a Plague on Harlem
Dec. 8, 1961 - Marijuana smoking among Harlem teenagers is almost as common as the use of regular cigarettes, a Negro Democratic leader...
- Nov 16, 2021
"Crazy" Joe Gallo Convicted of Extortion, Conspiracy
Nov. 16, 1961 - Joseph Gallo, 32-year-old gangland figure and jukebox racketeer, was found guilty of attempted extortion and conspiracy...
- Nov 14, 2021
Gangland Leader Joseph Gallo Sent to Jail
Nov. 14, 1961 - Joseph Gallo, the 32-year-old gangland figure on trial for conspiracy and attempted extortion, was remanded to jail today...
- Oct 27, 2021
Federal Grand Jury Charges Five in Strip-Tease Conspiracy
Oct. 27, 1961 - A Federal grand jury charged the police chief of Newport, Ky., and five others today with having falsely conspired to...
- Oct 18, 2021
Teenage Murderer Gets Seven and a Half Years
Oct. 18, 1961 - Luis Antonio Hernandez (pictured right), 18 years old, was sentenced today to serve seven and a half years in prison for...
- Oct 11, 2021
Racketeer Joseph “Crazy Joey” Gallo Claims Confiscated Rifles Were for Hunting Deer
Oct. 11, 1961 - Joseph Gallo (pictured), one of the 13 gangsters rounded up by Brooklyn detectives on Tuesday, denied today that the gang...
- Oct 10, 2021
Brooklyn Police Arrest 13 Members of Gallo Gang
Oct. 10, 1961 - The Brooklyn police rounded up 13 members of the Gallo gang today in an attempt to end the warfare between underworld...
- Oct 5, 2021
Two Men Indicted for Attack on Brooklyn Racketeer Lawrence Gallo
Oct. 5, 1961 - Two men linked to Brooklyn's underworld were indicted today on charges of attempting to kill Lawrence Gallo, a 33-year-old...
- Oct 4, 2021
Joseph Magnasco, Gallo Gang Lieutenant, Shot Dead in Brooklyn
Oct. 4, 1961 - A gangland figure was shot dead today on a busy Brooklyn streetcorner. He was Joseph Magnasco, 36-year-old lieutenant of...
- Sep 17, 2021
Truman on “Open End” with David Susskind
Sept. 17, 1961 - Former President Harry S. Truman talked of many things during a two-hour interview last night with David Susskind. Some...
- Sep 13, 2021
Comedian Dick Gregory at NYC's Blue Angel
Sept. 13, 1961 - Dick Gregory, who won quick fame last spring as the first Negro comic to succeed in metropolitan cabarets, is back at...
- Sep 11, 2021
Murder Conviction of 15-year-old Georgia Negro Under Investigation
Sept. 11, 1961 - The Georgia Pardon and Parole Board promised today to investigate the murder conviction of a 15-year-old Negro whose...
- Sep 2, 2021
Underworld Feud Led to Near-Strangling of Gallo
Sept. 2, 1961 - An underworld feud led to the attempted murder last month of Lawrence Gallo, Brooklyn hoodlum, the police disclosed...
- Aug 29, 2021
NYC Grand Jury Finds No Police Brutality in Suspected Rapist's Prison Cell Death
Aug. 29, 1961 - A New York County Grand jury reported today that it had found "no evidence of criminality" in the death of a suspected...
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